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I read a comment the other day that referred to oversized american SUVs as wankpanzers. Love it.

googlryas 4y ago
I feel like wankerpanzer sounds a little bit better ... wankpanzer makes me think of a special tank you enter to jerk off.
- Lammy 4y ago
  That does fit the noun-noun compound pattern better than just "wank". To me though they will always be Canyoneros https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI_Jl5WFQkA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI_Jl5WFQkA
- shmageggy 4y ago
  Following the link for “wankpuffin” (beautiful word, btw), apparently the one-syllable followed by two-syllable construction is a distinct pattern, called a “shitgibbon” (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shitgibbon https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shitgibbon) Noun shitgibbon (plural shitgibbons) 2. (linguistics) A type of antibacchic compound word used as an insult, consisting of a single-syllable expletive, followed by an absurd or innocuous two-syllable noun as a trochee. Also, > a special tank you enter to jerk off. feels rather insulting to me. It’s not exactly something I would want to be associated with.
jefurii 4y ago
Or wankwagons.
- cs137 4y ago
  Wankbasket is pretty solid. It has internal vowel harmony.
selectodude 4y ago
It's not uniquely American. In Germany, they're referred to as hausfrauenpanzers, or house wife panzers.
- mc32 4y ago
  That would be perfect for a driver of a Land Rover Defender.
  - throwaway0a5e 4y ago
    The, um "stereotypical demographic" for Defender ownership has moved to Japanese products over the last 20yr.
- ASalazarMX 4y ago
  In Mexico we call them "Mamamóvil" (Mommobile), as parody of the Batmobile.
- runamok 4y ago
  I wonder if we got that to go viral in the US if it would have any impact on SUV popularity.
anotherevan 4y ago
In Melbourne, Australia we sometimes refer to them as "Toorak Tractors" as Toorak is considered a suburb of Melbourne mostly populated with people that have more money than brains.
- OJFord 4y ago
  'Chelsea Tractor' in the UK (esp. London) similarly - Range Rovers and the like that never make it off (predominantly metropolitan) paved roads.
bergenty 4y ago
Call me bigguspanzerus
grecy 4y ago
yanktanks
- WalterBright 4y ago
  Yanktanks predate SUVs. It refers to simply the big American cars.
  - _carbyau_ 4y ago
    While true, it seem it still applies to SUVs. The Porsche Cayenne is big. The Silverado/Dodge RAM trucks are bloody stupid big : a combination of SUV and Yanktank. The mind boggles when people go to a "support the environment" rally and then jump in these to go home... I know it is predominantly Industry we need to look at regards environmental damage but personal responsibility has to step in somewhere.
smcameron 4y ago
Ford F-teen thousand Bro-dozer.
fifticon 4y ago
Ironic if it's better than wanktank.

I feel like wankerpanzer sounds a little bit better ... wankpanzer makes me think of a special tank you enter to jerk off.

Lammy 4y ago
That does fit the noun-noun compound pattern better than just "wank". To me though they will always be Canyoneros https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI_Jl5WFQkA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI_Jl5WFQkA
shmageggy 4y ago
Following the link for “wankpuffin” (beautiful word, btw), apparently the one-syllable followed by two-syllable construction is a distinct pattern, called a “shitgibbon” (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shitgibbon https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shitgibbon) Noun shitgibbon (plural shitgibbons) 2. (linguistics) A type of antibacchic compound word used as an insult, consisting of a single-syllable expletive, followed by an absurd or innocuous two-syllable noun as a trochee. Also, > a special tank you enter to jerk off. feels rather insulting to me. It’s not exactly something I would want to be associated with.

jefurii 4y ago

Or wankwagons.

cs137 4y ago
Wankbasket is pretty solid. It has internal vowel harmony.

selectodude 4y ago

It's not uniquely American. In Germany, they're referred to as hausfrauenpanzers, or house wife panzers.

mc32 4y ago
That would be perfect for a driver of a Land Rover Defender.
- throwaway0a5e 4y ago
  The, um "stereotypical demographic" for Defender ownership has moved to Japanese products over the last 20yr.
ASalazarMX 4y ago
In Mexico we call them "Mamamóvil" (Mommobile), as parody of the Batmobile.
runamok 4y ago
I wonder if we got that to go viral in the US if it would have any impact on SUV popularity.

anotherevan 4y ago

In Melbourne, Australia we sometimes refer to them as "Toorak Tractors" as Toorak is considered a suburb of Melbourne mostly populated with people that have more money than brains.

OJFord 4y ago
'Chelsea Tractor' in the UK (esp. London) similarly - Range Rovers and the like that never make it off (predominantly metropolitan) paved roads.

bergenty 4y ago

Call me bigguspanzerus

grecy 4y ago

yanktanks

WalterBright 4y ago
Yanktanks predate SUVs. It refers to simply the big American cars.
- _carbyau_ 4y ago
  While true, it seem it still applies to SUVs. The Porsche Cayenne is big. The Silverado/Dodge RAM trucks are bloody stupid big : a combination of SUV and Yanktank. The mind boggles when people go to a "support the environment" rally and then jump in these to go home... I know it is predominantly Industry we need to look at regards environmental damage but personal responsibility has to step in somewhere.

smcameron 4y ago

Ford F-teen thousand Bro-dozer.

fifticon 4y ago

Ironic if it's better than wanktank.